#4E2C17#4E2C17

#4E2C17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.060 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C17
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 13.44, 20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 24.15, 56.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0377 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.06 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1975, 3.4833, 1.2617)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C17 #17394E

analogous

#4E171E #4E2C17 #4E4817

triadic

#4E2C17 #174E2C #2C174E

tetradic

#4E2C17 #1E4E17 #17394E #48174E

square

#4E2C17 #1E4E17 #17394E #48174E

split-complementary

#4E2C17 #174E48 #171E4E

monochromatic

#180D07 #1F1109 #4E2C17 #7D4725 #AD6133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4E2C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E2C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C17

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C17	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.060 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836554',
    500: '#4e2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c17;
$custom-light: #836554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33159,
    "c": 0.06005,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C17

secondary

#3C6985

accent

#A5DE4A

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C17

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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